Veil.



J. 1?. BENNETT.

VEIL.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 12, 1913.

Patented May 19, 1914.

WITNESSES ATTORNEY CoLuMmA PLANnGuAVH C0.. WASHINGTON. D4 c,

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JOSEPH P. BENNETT, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK,

VEIL,

To all whom t may concern Be it known that l, Josnrrr l?. BENNETT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful lmprovement in "Veils, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to ladies7 veils, made of any design or fabric, the object being to provide a veil with means for holding the same in place around the neck of the wearer and to dispense with the use of veil pins and similar means for attaching the veil together in the rear of the neck.

ln the drawings forming part of this application, Figure l represents a view of the veil embodying my invention; and Fig. 2 a detail of the fastening' means and adjacent parts of the veil.

Like letters refer to similar parts.

lin the drawings, A represents the veil, which may be made of any desired material; B is a portion of the lower edge of the veil which is cut away or folded over so that the intermediate portion of the lower edge is in the form of an are. Of course, it is not essential that it should be are shaped. Upon the intermediate portion B of the veil A is placed a reinforcing strip C. This l prefer to make of a narrow piece of ribbon to match the color of the veil, although if desired, the lower edge of the veil may be folded over suiiieient so as to afford this reinforced intermediate portion, or, in the manufacture of the veil this intermediate portion may be woven in such a way as to reinforce it at the cut-away intermediate part of the lower edge. At the ends of this intermediate portion l provide fastening means D, of any desired form or kind, so that when the veil is placed around the wearers head the reinforced edge C passes around the neck and the clasps D, D hold it in place at the rear of the wearers neck. At the points D,Dthe veil A is gathered, as shown in Fig. l, so as to give a fullness at E, E. The advantage of having the cutaway portion is that in placing it around the neck the veil lits closely to the neck and chin of the wearer, thereby conforming to the contour of the face, whereas, if there were no eut-away portion, there would be a Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. April 12, 1913.

Patented May 19, 1914. serial No. 760,692.

surplus of veil material under the chin. The gathered portions E, E afford a fullness so that the veil may readily be passed over the hat and the hair of the wearer.

In use, the veil is placed around the wearers head, the intermediate portion encircling the neck, the attaching means D, D brought into engagement with each other, and the free ends of the veil drawn up over the back of the hat or hair of the wearer and attached there by forming the veil into a knot or other suitable means.

By having only the intermediate portion of the veil reinforced and having the balance of the lower edge free of the reinforcing strip, the objectionable feat-ure heretofore existing in veils of this kind, namely, that the strip running the entire length of the lower edge is unsightly, is overcome.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. A rectangular shaped veil, an intermediate portion only of one of the edges of said veil normally curving inward toward the opposite edge, and means for attaching the ends of said intermediate portion together.

2. A rectangular shaped veil, an intermediate portion of one of its edges normally curving inward toward the opposite edge, said portion being provided with reinforcing means and means at the ends of said intermediate portion for attaching said ends together.

3. A rectangular shaped veil, an intermediate portion of one of its edges normally curving inward toward the opposite edge, said portion being provided with reinforcing means, and means at the ends of said intermediate portion for attaching said intermediate port-ion together, a portion of the edge of the veil at the ends of said intermediate portion being gathered to give a fullness at those points only.

ln testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH l?. BENNETT.

Witnesses:

Gno. lW. MILLS, Jr., EDWIN SEGER.

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